Red RaidersSunday, November 8
Castellanos throws five touchdown passes as No. 13 Texas Tech holds off West Virginia 53-48
The Daily Lubbock team
Thomas Castellanos threw for career highs of 362 yards and five touchdowns, and No. 13 Texas Tech held on for a 53-48 win over West Virginia Saturday night at Galaxy Stadium. The game ended early Sunday morning. The winning score was a 5-yard throw to Kenny Johnson with 2:44 left.
Texas Tech edged West Virginia 53-48
- West Virginia48Texas Tech53 (won)
Sources: Chron, CBS Sports
Texas Tech led by 14 at halftime, but West Virginia scored 21 unanswered points to open the second half and went up 48-41. Micah Hudson's fourth-down catch set up Johnson's score, and a late safety sealed it. Michael Hawkins Jr. had 303 passing yards and 104 rushing yards for the Mountaineers.
The teams piled up yards and big plays
- 1,220
- combined yards of offense
- 894
- of those yards before halftime
- 13
- plays of at least 30 yards
Source: CBS Sports
- Hawkins: 19 rushing TDs, an FBS-best that ties a 1919 WVU record
- Texas Tech: 8-1 overall, 5-1 in the Big 12
- West Virginia: 5-4 overall, 2-4 in the Big 12
“A good old-fashioned throwback Big 12 game broke out.”
Sources: Chron, Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, Niners Wire, WV Sports, CBS Sports